McCloud collision injures woman

MCCLOUD – One passenger sustained major injuries and one driver suffered minor injuries as a result of a three-vehicle collision in McCloud on Saturday. All three vehicles were severely damaged.

According to California Highway Patrol officer E. Padilla, at approximately 4:20 p.m., Michael Rowland, 30, of San Francisco, was traveling in a 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan southbound on Broadway Avenue and approaching the State Route 89 intersection. He was traveling with a passenger, 31-year-old Lucy Hull, also of San Francisco.

Preliminary reports indicate Rowland pulled out into the intersection, directly in the path of a 2011 Ford F250 with a dump trailer in tow, driven by Michael Johnson, 54, of Vacaville, Calif. Johnson was traveling northbound on State Route 89 with passengers Olivo Mota, 20, and Jose Alvarez, 32, both of Richmond, Calif.

Johnson turned abruptly to the left in an attempt to avoid a collision, stated Padilla. However, Rowland’s Volkswagen struck the right side of Johnson’s trailer. Johnson’s vehicle continued north on State Route 89 and collided with a 2000 Ford F250, driven by Douglas Bauer, who was in the left-hand turn lane of southbound State Route 89 at Squaw Valley Road.

Bauer was traveling with one passenger, Joan Bauer, 48, of Anderson, Calif. She sustained major injuries during the collision.

She was transported to Mercy Medical Center Mount Shasta for treatment.